A powerful Pacific storm brought heavy rain, snow, flash flooding, high winds and landslides to Central and Southern California. During the 5 day event, rainfall totals ranged from 3 to 10 inches over coastal areas with up to 32 inches in the mountains. With such copious rainfall, flash flooding was a serious problem across Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties. In Santa Barbara county, flash flooding and mudslides closed Gibraltar Road at Mt. Calvary Road, stranding several vehicles, while mudslides inundated 3 homes in Lake Casitas. Across Ventura county, flash flooding and mudslides closed down Creek Road at Hermosa Road. In addition, the Ventura Beach RV Resort was flooded and Highways 1 and 126 were closed due to flooding. Across Los Angeles county, flash flooding killed a homeless man in Elysian Park, flooded a mobile home park in Santa Clarita, closed Highway 1 and caused numerous problems in Palmdale. In the mountains, 4 to 12 feet of snowfall was recorded along with southeast winds between 30 and 50 MPH with higher gusts. Across the Central Coast and in the Salinas River Valley, high winds gusting to 65 MPH knocked down numerous trees and power lines. In La Conchita, a devastating mudslide killed 10 people, destroyed 15 homes and damaged 12 other homes. Overall, damage estimates for the entire series of storms that started December 27th, 2004 and ended on January 11th, 2005 were easily over $200 million with the most damage incurred by agricultural interests in Ventura county.

High Wind in SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST, CALIFORNIA
From 07-JAN-05 08:00:00 to 07-JAN-05 12:00:00 (PST)
Magnitude: 56 MG
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heavy Rain in SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
From 07-JAN-05 02:00:00 to 11-JAN-05 18:00:00 (PST)
Location: COUNTYWIDE
Property damage: 10M
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heavy Rain in SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA
From 07-JAN-05 02:00:00 to 11-JAN-05 18:00:00 (PST)
Location: COUNTYWIDE
Property damage: 5M
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind in SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST, CALIFORNIA
From 07-JAN-05 08:05:00 to 07-JAN-05 12:00:00 (PST)
Magnitude: 56 MG
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind in SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS, CALIFORNIA
From 07-JAN-05 11:15:00 to 07-JAN-05 12:00:00 (PST)
Magnitude: 58 EG
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Flash Flood in SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
From 09-JAN-05 04:27:00 to 09-JAN-05 09:00:00 (PST)
Location: SOUTH PORTION
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Flash Flood in LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
From 09-JAN-05 08:00:00 to 10-JAN-05 22:00:00 (PST)
Location: COUNTYWIDE
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Flash Flood in VENTURA, CALIFORNIA
From 09-JAN-05 02:15:00 to 10-JAN-05 22:00:00 (PST)
Location: COUNTYWIDE
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Heavy Rain in VENTURA, CALIFORNIA
From 07-JAN-05 02:00:00 to 11-JAN-05 18:00:00 (PST)
Location: COUNTYWIDE
Crop damage: 190M
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Debris Flow in SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST, CALIFORNIA
From 10-JAN-05 13:15:00 to 10-JAN-05 13:30:00 (PST)
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA

Winter Storm in VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA
From 07-JAN-05 11:30:00 to 11-JAN-05 18:00:00 (PST)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Winter Storm in LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE, CALIFORNIA
From 07-JAN-05 11:30:00 to 11-JAN-05 18:00:00 (PST)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Heavy Rain in LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
From 07-JAN-05 02:00:00 to 11-JAN-05 18:00:00 (PST)
Location: COUNTYWIDE
Property damage: 5M
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.